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57 Orchard Street

Revealed: 57 Orchard Street, 15-Story Tower Coming to the Lower East Side

8:00 am on April 16, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

While escalating prices are a bad thing, zoning limitations and historic districts are quickly turning the Lower East Side into one of the only parts of New York City where attractive and occasionally avant-garde architecture is legitimately feasible. YIMBY can now reveal the design for one of the neighborhood’s dwindling number of development sites, at 57 Orchard Street, where DXA Studio is designing a 15-story condominium tower.

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127 Avenue D

Revealed: 127 Avenue D, New Alphabet City Apartment Building

10:25 pm on April 9, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

At the eastern edge of Alphabet City, an old single-story deli is yielding to a 7-story residential building, for which YIMBY has obtained renderings. The project is located at 127 Avenue, between 8th and 9th Street, and its architect of record is JCT Engineering. Permits list the applicant as Sharon Hakmon of 127D Realty LLC.

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71-73 Franklin Street Getting Penthouse And New Storefront

4:30 pm on April 7, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

Some big changes are coming to a TriBeCa building, thanks to approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission. On Tuesday, the LPC approved a proposal to modify the five-story building at 71-73 Franklin Street, just off Broadway. The building dates back to 1861 and will be converted from its original form – an Italianate/Second Empire loft building – to residential use. There will be six units, plus ground floor retail.

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